Data

Naval Postgraduate School

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields   763   731   839   885   888   842   727   335   556   346
  Science and engineering   763   731   839   885   888   842   727   335   556   346
    Science   448   387   441   493   445   446   387   242   429   252
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   203   174   183   198   109   112   68   131   285   144
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   7   4   6   41   44   44   5   6   4
      Mathematics and statistics   9   8   7   12   18   10   11   16   14   10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   37   35   36   34   4   1   6   84   115   89
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   194   163   211   243   273   279   258   6   9   5
    Engineering   315   344   398   392   443   396   340   93   127   94
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   42   36   41   41   64   53   46   17   26   20
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   57   55   70   70   76   68   58   24   26   21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   167   206   245   237   220   190   163   31   43   31
      Mechanical engineering   44   44   40   42   47   44   46   21   32   22
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   5   3   2   2   36   41   27   0   0   0
  Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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